APRIL 2020 | MACFORMAT | 67If you have a
HomeKit setup but
aren’t totally
convinced by using Apple’s
Home app for quick changes,
give HomeRun for HomeKit a
go. It’s specifically designed for
the Apple Watch, and lets you
adjust your scenes quickly and
easily with minimal fuss.
Your scenes are presented
in a grid so you can memorise
where and how to control the
scene you’re looking for. Addyour favourites to a Watch face
complication, or use the Siri
Watch face integration for a
more detailed option.
It even enables you to
automate your day with daily
routines, which switch your
complications based on the
time of day. Adjust the
thermostat in the morning via
the complication, then turn on
the lights with a few quick taps
in the evening – it’s that easy.
It’s a great, simple timesaver.Tunity is such
a clever idea, it’s
almost Apple-esque.
Imagine you’re at a bar or the
gym and you’re trying to watch
a TV that’s been muted. Scan the
TV with your phone’s camera in
the app, pop in your headphones
and Tunity streams the audio
directly to your ears. It’s
effortless and very effective.With so many
messaging apps
available on the Mac,
things can get messy. Franz
consolidates them all into one
place, making staying in touch
far easier. Right now, it works
with 73 different services, and
you can add multiple instances
of the same service if you have
more than one account.Sick of syncing
things to your iOS
devices the Apple
way? WALTR offers a much
better method. It works a lot like
AirDrop, allowing you to simply
drag and drop music, pictures,
files and more onto your device.
It syncs across album covers,
genre descriptions, actor info
and more as well.While Franz takes a
wide-net approach,
Caprine focuses
solely on Facebook Messenger,
but in doing so offers more
features. It’s especially useful if
you’re privacy-minded, letting
you block read receipts, stifle
link tracking and obfuscate
desktop notifications in the
notoriously data-hungry app.Tunity
Franz
WALTR
Caprine
Free
FROM AudioStreamTV, tunity.
com NEEDS iOS 11 or laterFree (offers in-app purchases)
FROM Stefan Malzner, meetfranz.
com NEEDS OS X 10.9 or later$39.95 (about £3 30 )
FROM Softorino, softorino.com
NEEDS OS X 10.9 or laterFree FROM Sindre Sorhus,
sindresorhus.com
NEEDS OS X 10.10 or laterHomeRun for HomeKit
£2.99 FROM Sunya, homerun.app
NEEDS iOS 13 and watchOS 6 or laterAutoSleep
£2.99 FROM Tantsissa,
tantsissa.com NEEDS iOS 11
and watchOS 4 or laterAutoSleep is a
sleep tracker for
Apple Watch that’s
built like an Apple app, with
rings to close and tons of
in-depth info. If you’re having
trouble nodding off, try it out.TEAM PICKImage credits (left to right. top to bottom): Aaron Pearce & Sunya, Tantissa
Holdings, Audio Stream TV, Softorino, Stefan Malzner, Sindre SorhusHidden apps FEATURE